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Pull Ups and Chin Ups are the best. They’re a simple exercise, and you can do it nearly anywhere. I’ve made it a habit to crank out Pull Ups immediately after I finish a hard run outside.

I also follow the “Recon Ron” Pull Up Program. Here’s a chart where it instructs how you can build up to 15+ pull ups by following this weekly schedule. All you do is complete each set with a minute rest between each set.

Thanks for the comment Jordan. They are a great exercise and I recommend everyone does them. Just had a look at that program and it looks solid. Anyone who can build up to 15 pull ups has a good level of relative upper body strength.

Hi Peter, So you are in the UK as I am and have the same problem of only being able to use Amazon UK. Interesting site if you want to become muscle bound lol. I did wonder how one would use that piece of apparatus that looks like it was laying on the ground for pull ups but I found the answer when I clicked on the link to Amazon and it told me there. If I hadn’t clicked I wouldn’t have known it needs fixing to a door or some other frame.

I was the same as you Vince as I was stuck at that number as well. What worked for me was to start adding weight. You can do this with a hiking bag if you don’t have a belt to hang weights from.

I found that dropping the reps to 3 sets of 5 reps and increasing the weight slowly every workout has increased my strength. When I went back to test my max reps it had went up to 14. Try that out Vince and let me know how you get on.

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